White on the shoes

[Texas Aggie]

You guys doing the sharpie/paint deal remind me of back in the days of the Southwest Conference (NCAA -- Texas schools and Arkansas), Converse supplied the basketball officials' shoes, as they did with several other small college Texas leagues. Nobody seemed to like the Converse, though. The logo was like the old NBA officials wore before they went all black with the white chevron and stars. Because of the contract with the league, and free shoes to just about anyone that even thought of working a league game (I got two pairs in successive years), the SWC made everyone wear them.

So, a few guys took their shoes (mostly Avia 800s) to shoemakers and had them sew white leather converse logos into the shoes. One guy took a pair of 20-25 year old Riddell ripple soled shoes and did the same thing.